Abstract

COSTA, Letícia Gomes; PAULA, Regiane Cardoso de  and  IGNOTTI, Eliane. Detection of infection by hepatitis B virus in the brazilian municipalities according to the coverage of hemotherapy services, in the period from 2001 to 2008. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.4, pp.617-626. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000400011.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the detection rate of infection by hepatitis B virus in Brazil and detection rates ratio in municipalities regarding hemotherapy service (HS) during the period 2001-2008. METHODS: a descriptive study reached the detection rate of infection by hepatitis Bvirus by gender, age, Brazilian macro-regions and presence of HS; it was applied linear regression for trend, and chi-squared test to compare proportions of detection and ratio rates; datafrom the Reportable Diseases Database (Sinan-NET) was used. RESULTS: the detection rates of infection by hepatitis B virus showed increase in Brazil, and were 2.4 higherin municipalities with HS. CONCLUSION: the detection of infection by hepatitis B virus showed small increase during the study period, and all Brazilian regions presented higher rates in municipalities with hemotherapy service.

Keywords : Hepatitis B; Incidence; Sex; Hemotherapy Service; Epidemiology; Descriptive.

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